Chawema Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Chawema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 77 | 1:205,843 | 13,311 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chawema (23) may also be a first name.
Chawema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chawema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chawema occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chawema? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,121,169th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chawema live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent given name in the world It is held by 23 people.
The last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 205,843. In Zambia it is primarily found in: North-Western Province, where 52 percent reside, Western Province, where 47 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 1 percent reside. Other than Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chawema
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